Kageyoshi Tada
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Kageyoshi Tada was a Japan
ese physician who worked in Miyako Nanseien Sanatorium
, Okinawa Prefecture
, Japan, between 1938 and 1945. He put in-patients who were forcibly hospitalized under strict control; a special facility was built with barbed wire fences and in-patients were not allowed to leave. In 1945, 110 in-patients died of malaria
, malnutrition, and as direct effects of air attacks, while his group escaped to the army shelter.
(National Sorok Hospital). In 1938 he was appointed the director of Miyako Nanseien Sanatorium. In 1948 he became a physician in Kikuchi Keifuen Sanatorium
.
. He intensified the strict segregation of patients through the construction of barbwired fences, and the building of a special prison. At that time, two nurses performed a vasectomy and an artificial abortion, with no records of him performing either operation. Tada declared that the mark of a red cross would prevent air-raids, but the sanatorium was destroyed by air-raids. Since the houses of the sanatorium workers were also destroyed, he and other leaders of the sanatorium escaped in a shelter of the army, while 110 in-patients died either of malaria, malnutrition, or as direct effect of air-raids in 1945. After the war, he worked in Kikuchi Keifuen Sanatorium
between 1947 and 1950. He died in 1950.
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese physician who worked in Miyako Nanseien Sanatorium
Miyako Nanseien Sanatorium
Miyako Nanseien Sanatorium, is a sanatorium for leprosy and ex-leprosy patients at Miyakojima-shi, Okinawa-ken, Japan starting in 1931.-Background:...
, Okinawa Prefecture
Okinawa Prefecture
is one of Japan's southern prefectures. It consists of hundreds of the Ryukyu Islands in a chain over long, which extends southwest from Kyūshū to Taiwan. Okinawa's capital, Naha, is located in the southern part of Okinawa Island...
, Japan, between 1938 and 1945. He put in-patients who were forcibly hospitalized under strict control; a special facility was built with barbed wire fences and in-patients were not allowed to leave. In 1945, 110 in-patients died of malaria
Malaria
Malaria is a mosquito-borne infectious disease of humans and other animals caused by eukaryotic protists of the genus Plasmodium. The disease results from the multiplication of Plasmodium parasites within red blood cells, causing symptoms that typically include fever and headache, in severe cases...
, malnutrition, and as direct effects of air attacks, while his group escaped to the army shelter.
Life
In 1915 he graduated from Kumamoto Medical School, and he was appointed chief doctor in Ojikajima Koseien Sanatorium, KoreaKorea
Korea ) is an East Asian geographic region that is currently divided into two separate sovereign states — North Korea and South Korea. Located on the Korean Peninsula, Korea is bordered by the People's Republic of China to the northwest, Russia to the northeast, and is separated from Japan to the...
(National Sorok Hospital). In 1938 he was appointed the director of Miyako Nanseien Sanatorium. In 1948 he became a physician in Kikuchi Keifuen Sanatorium
Kikuchi Keifuen Sanatorium
Kikuchi Keifuen Sanatorium or National Sanatorium Kikuchi Keifuen is a sanatorium for leprosy patients or ex-leprosy patients at Kohshi-shi, Kikuchi-gun, Kumamoto-ken, Japan founded in 1909...
.
Miyako Nanseien Sanatorium
Tada served as the director of the Miyako Nanseien Sanatorium during World War IIWorld War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
. He intensified the strict segregation of patients through the construction of barbwired fences, and the building of a special prison. At that time, two nurses performed a vasectomy and an artificial abortion, with no records of him performing either operation. Tada declared that the mark of a red cross would prevent air-raids, but the sanatorium was destroyed by air-raids. Since the houses of the sanatorium workers were also destroyed, he and other leaders of the sanatorium escaped in a shelter of the army, while 110 in-patients died either of malaria, malnutrition, or as direct effect of air-raids in 1945. After the war, he worked in Kikuchi Keifuen Sanatorium
Kikuchi Keifuen Sanatorium
Kikuchi Keifuen Sanatorium or National Sanatorium Kikuchi Keifuen is a sanatorium for leprosy patients or ex-leprosy patients at Kohshi-shi, Kikuchi-gun, Kumamoto-ken, Japan founded in 1909...
between 1947 and 1950. He died in 1950.